When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONThe art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.
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Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.
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Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
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It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.
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Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.
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That cowardice is incorrigible which the love of power cannot overcome.
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Butler compared the tongues of these eternal talkers to race-horses, which go the faster the less weight they carry.
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The man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men are.
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Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
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Silence is less injurious than a weak reply.
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The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all their money for health.
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As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds.
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An honest man will continue to be so though surrounded on all sides by rogues.
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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
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It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed of than to compose it.
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There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.
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Temperate men drink the most, because they drink the longest.
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Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.
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We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on which we agree.
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He that is gone so far as to cut the claws of the lion, will not feel himself quite secure, until he has also drawn his teeth.
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Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive.
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Pleasure is to women what the sun is to the flower; if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates and destroys.
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There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
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Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils.
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Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.
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Fortune, like other females, prefers a lover to a master, and submits with impatience to control; but he that wooes her with opportunity and importunity will seldom court her in vain.
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The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching.
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